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Photography

moonshinegnomie

(3,556 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:46 PM Jul 18

M16 the eagle nebula

this is the same nebula that the hubble used for their famous pillars of creation photo. my seestar s50 was a little cheaper

5.5 hours of exposure in my backyard

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M16 the eagle nebula (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Jul 18 OP

This is beyond fantastic..I wish I could think of a better way to describe this. A most beautiful photo. TY Deuxcents Jul 18 #1

Wow! SheltieLover Jul 18 #2

Stunning. LunaSea Jul 18 #3

Wow! So gorgeous and so much detail. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 18 #4

Did you use filters? My husband is a very amateur astronomer. .. chouchou Jul 18 #5

The Seestar has a built in dual band filter moonshinegnomie Jul 18 #6

Ah..I understand. Thank you. chouchou Jul 18 #7

Deuxcents

(23,637 posts)

1. This is beyond fantastic..I wish I could think of a better way to describe this. A most beautiful photo. TY

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:49 PM

Jul 18

SheltieLover

(72,966 posts)

2. Wow!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:49 PM

Jul 18

Ty for sharing!

LunaSea

(2,932 posts)

3. Stunning.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:01 PM

Jul 18

Well done!

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,856 posts)

4. Wow! So gorgeous and so much detail.

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:10 PM

Jul 18

chouchou

(2,254 posts)

5. Did you use filters? My husband is a very amateur astronomer. ..

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:18 PM

Jul 18

(He just cracked me up) "Wonderful shot but, the stars are too round!" His mount is well used..

moonshinegnomie

(3,556 posts)

6. The Seestar has a built in dual band filter

Reply to chouchou (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:58 PM

Jul 18

chouchou

(2,254 posts)

7. Ah..I understand. Thank you.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:49 PM

Jul 18

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